Engine control for catalyst regeneration
Methods and systems are provided for injecting water during an engine cylinder deactivation event so as to reduce an exhaust catalyst regeneration requirement following the cylinder deactivation....

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9016603

Fuel injector
A common rail fuel injector includes a control valve member unattached to, but trapped between, a push pin and a seat of an injector body. The push pin has a head that includes a contact surface...

Sealing of sleeve valves
A sleeve valve with a valve body that at least partially encircles at least one piston that moves in a reciprocating manner can, at least partially define with the at least one piston a combustion...

Method and system for adjusting port throttles
An engine system and method for improving engine starting are disclosed. In one example, two engine cylinder port throttles are adjusted differently during engine starting. The system and method...

Camshaft phaser
An internal combustion includes a crankshaft and a camshaft rotatable by the crankshaft. The internal combustion engine also includes an oil source, an engine cover, and a drive member disposed...

160

9017047

Multi-layer primer apparatus and methods
Primer apparatus and methods are described herein. An example primer apparatus includes a flexible body defining an internal chamber to be fluidly coupled to a fuel system. The body includes a...

Intake control device
An intake control device includes: an air cleaner disposed above an engine; a pair of right and left intake ducts projecting toward a front of a vehicle body from the air cleaner to take an...

Fluid pump speed control
A system includes a sump, a pump having a steady-state speed, a fluid component that receives the fluid from the fluid pump, and a controller. The controller detects a soak condition of the system...

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9016262

Fuel injector connector device and method
A connector device and method of converting an engine to operate using an alternative fuel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the connector device comprises an outlet portion, a first injector...

167

9016245

Engine fluid cooling assembly
A baffle for engine fluid cooling includes a fluid guide having a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, and a coolant fluid inlet. A channel receives a pair of heat exchangers such that one may be...

Containment assembly for flowable materials
A combination usable together in an automotive vehicle includes an engine block, a cover, and a band clamp. The engine block includes an opening configured to provide access to an interior volume,...

170

9016330

System, device, and method for treating fuel
A device, system and/or method for dispensing a fuel additive to a fuel tank that employs a fuel additive delivery device secured to an opening of the fuel tank. The delivery device is fluidly...

Valve device for an internal combustion engine
A valve device for an internal combustion engine includes a multi-part housing. A drive unit generates a rotational moment. The drive unit is arranged in a motor chamber. A transmission unit is...

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9016263

High pressure fuel pump
A high pressure fuel pump for use with an internal combustion engine and a method of operation of a high pressure fuel pump are disclosed. The high pressure fuel pump may include a supply chamber...

174

9016415

Cooling device for hybrid vehicle
It is an object of the present invention to provide a structure in which the height of an engine hood is reduced and it is easy to discharge the air mixed in a cooling water passage in a cooling...

Cryogenic fuel system having a priming circuit
A cryogenic fuel system having a priming circuit for a machine is disclosed. The fuel system may have a tank, configured to hold a cryogenic fluid, and a pump. A first passage may connect the tank...

Spark plug for internal combustion engine
There is provided a spark plug for an internal combustion engine, including: a center electrode extending in the direction of an axis of the spark plug and having a core of higher thermal...

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9010292

Laser spark plug and prechamber module for same
A laser spark plug, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, is described. A connection arrangement is provided in an end region of the laser spark plug facing the...

Control system for internal combustion engine
A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine. A target intake air amount of the engine is calculated, and an intake...

183

9011094

Fan assembly and gap tool
This is a system and apparatus for precisely mounting a ring shroud to a motor vehicle cooling system and engine. A cooling fan subassembly is mounted to an engine and ring shroud subassembly...

Lash adjuster
A lash adjuster includes a body formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape, a plunger movably inserted into the body and having a peripheral wall having an oil passage hole, and a partitioning...

Multiple variable valve lift apparatus
A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a camshaft rotating by drive of an engine, at least two cam portions slidably disposed on the camshaft and rotatable together with the...

Ignition coil for internal combustion engines
In an ignition coil for an internal combustion engine, a column section and a notched section are provided in a side wall section of a case section of the ignition coil. A ventilation opening is...

Six-stroke engine
A six-stroke engine includes a cylinder, a piston, a cylinder head, a combustion chamber, cylinder injector, a spark plug, an intake port, an exhaust port, an intake valve, an exhaust valve, a...

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9010304

Exhaust gas recirculation device of engine
A connecting passage is formed inside a cylinder head, which extends rearward from an exhaust passage and connects to the exhaust passage. The connecting passage branches inside the cylinder head...

Piston cooling jet
A piston cooling jet includes a housing, a nozzle, a valve, a pressure chamber, a pressure adjusting passage, and a filter. The nozzle is provided to project outward from the housing, and capable...

Intake system for internal combustion engine
An intake system for an internal combustion engine, having a structure in which blow-by oil and/or fuel entering into an air cleaner case can be discharged to the outside of the air cleaner case....